Heartland Big Country, Heartland Bighorn, Heartland Elk Ridge, Heartland Elk Ridge Express, Heartland Landmark, Heartland Prowler, model years 2013 to 2014. Filed by Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 7 May 2013. 890 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Heartland Recreational Vehicles is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Big Country, Bighorn, Elk Ridge, Elk Ridge Express, Landmark, Prowler, Sundance, Sundance XLT, and Silverado fith wheel and travel trailers manufactured February 13, 2013, through April 16, 2013. If the awning installation sequence was not …
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The maker's own number for this recall: 99-01-11. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 13V181 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 13V181 cover?
- Heartland Big Country, Heartland Bighorn, Heartland Elk Ridge, Heartland Elk Ridge Express, Heartland Landmark, Heartland Prowler, Heartland Silverado, Heartland Sundance, model years 2013-2014.
- What is wrong with them?
- Heartland Recreational Vehicles is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Big Country, Bighorn, Elk Ridge, Elk Ridge Express, Landmark, Prowler, Sundance, Sundance XLT, and Silverado fith wheel and travel trailers manufactured February 13, 2013, through April 16, 2013.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If motor damage has occurred, it is possible that the awning can unfurl unexpectedly, either while the trailer is at rest or while in transit, increasing the risk of personal injury or a vehicle crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Heartland will notify owners and Dometic staff will replace the affected motors with a design that is not subject to an out-of-sequence installation error. The recall began on May 20, 2013. A notification schedule has not yet been provided.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall 99-01-11, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If motor damage has occurred, it is possible that the awning can unfurl unexpectedly, either while the trailer is at rest or while in transit, increasing the risk of personal injury or a vehicle crash.”
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in the notice
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| Campaign | 13V181 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 7 May 2013 |
| Model years | 2013-2014 |
| Vehicles named | HEARTLAND BIG COUNTRY, HEARTLAND BIGHORN, HEARTLAND ELK RIDGE, HEARTLAND ELK RIDGE EXPRESS, HEARTLAND LANDMARK, HEARTLAND PROWLER, HEARTLAND SILVERADO, HEARTLAND SUNDANCE, HEARTLAND SUNDANCE XLT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If motor damage has occurred, it is possible that the awning can unfurl unexpectedly, either while the trailer is at rest or while in transit, increasing the risk of personal injury or a vehicle crash.
The remedy
Heartland will notify owners and Dometic staff will replace the affected motors with a design that is not subject to an out-of-sequence installation error. The recall began on May 20, 2013. A notification schedule has not yet been provided. Owners may contact Heartland Recreational Trailers at 1-888-262-5992 or Dometic at 1-888-447-0003 for more information. Owners are being instructed not to drive their vehicle until repairs can be performed. Heartland's recall campaign number is 99-01-11.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Heartland Big Country recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Heartland Bighorn recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Heartland Elk Ridge recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Heartland Landmark recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Heartland Prowler recalls: 15 US campaigns
- Heartland Sundance recalls: 15 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 13V181, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v181/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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- Defect summary
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f2255778 - Remedy
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